{"id":3905,"date":"2009-09-01T20:29:06","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=3905"},"modified":"2009-10-22T19:39:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T18:39:17","slug":"top-four-cement-playoff-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=3905","title":{"rendered":"Top four cement playoff places"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"BgbFantasy\"Four playoff places have now been clinched in the BaseballGB league. So while the other teams battle for 5th and 6th place and a shot at winning the overall title, the top four will be scrapping to see if they can finish in the top two and get a bye into the playoff semi-finals.<\/div>\n
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SWAT<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n32<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n.326<\/strong><\/td>\n.916<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n51<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n2.52<\/strong><\/td>\n1.31<\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RussDev Giants<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n32<\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/strong><\/td>\n28<\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n.279<\/td>\n.792<\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n5.47<\/td>\n1.50<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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SWAT still lead the way after picking up an 8-4 win over the Giants. SWAT’s pitching staff, led by Matusz, took five out of six categories while Miguel Cabrera was the pick of the hitters. Fielder and Verlander were the stars for the Giants.\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Orpington Isotopes<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n34<\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/strong><\/td>\n39<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n.300<\/strong><\/td>\n.988<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n54<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4.23<\/td>\n1.33<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
stevenston angels<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n21<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n.234<\/td>\n.667<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2.45<\/strong><\/td>\n1.20<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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My Isotopes picked up a 7-3 win over the Angels thanks to another big week from Ryan Howard and the pitching of Nathan and Cain. The trio of Papelbon, new Angel Kazmir and Derek Lowe were the best of the Angels.<\/div>\n
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Borders Bats<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n22<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n.225<\/td>\n.644<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4.50<\/td>\n1.43<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Syracuse Nationals<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n33<\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/td>\n39<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n.316<\/strong><\/td>\n.884<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n42<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3.19<\/strong><\/td>\n1.50<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The ‘Cuse picked up a convincing 9-1 win over the Bats, who had a poor week at the plate. Aardsma and Burnett were the pick of the Bats’ pitchers, while the red-hot Kendry Morales and Aramis Ramirez led the ‘Cuse’s hitters. Gallardo’s pitching also helped The Orange.<\/div>\n
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The Wright Stuff<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n38<\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/strong><\/td>\n31<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n.271<\/td>\n.867<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n49<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2.44<\/td>\n0.88<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Cheddar Chasers<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n25<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n.272<\/strong><\/td>\n.759<\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1.13<\/strong><\/td>\n0.66<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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There was some excellent pitching in the matchup between the Stuff and the Chasers. The Stuff ran out 7-4 winners after taking five out of six hitting categories thanks to Torii Hunter and also took saves and Ks thanks to Haren, Wandy Rodriguez and Baker. Konerko was the Chasers’ best hitter while Grienke led a pitching staff which put up an incredible WHIP of 0.66 to go with an ERA of 1.13.<\/div>\n
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Bonestalkers<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n17<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n.211<\/td>\n.683<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.00<\/strong><\/td>\n1.22<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rio Crande Typos<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n22<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n21<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n.258<\/strong><\/td>\n.789<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n37<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n5.48<\/td>\n1.62<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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A big week for the Typos, as they defeated Bonestalkers 9-2. Ethier and Kinsler led the hitters, who won all six categories, while Damon and Lincecum were the pick of the Bonestalkers.<\/div>\n
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Josh & Jonny Whos<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n20<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n.255<\/td>\n.690<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n44<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3.86<\/strong><\/td>\n1.52<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Braughing’s Bangers<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n24<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/strong><\/td>\n40<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/td>\n.306<\/strong><\/td>\n.917<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.14<\/td>\n1.42<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The Whos were outhit by the Bangers, who ran out 6-2 winners. Despite the efforts of Figgins, the Whos were overmatched at the plate, although Zito did pitch well. The Bangers had\u00c2\u00a0big weeks from Cano, Kemp and ace Wainwright.\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Tribal Warfare<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n26<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n.255<\/strong><\/td>\n.728<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n37<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.50<\/td>\n1.21<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
the gas<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n25<\/td>\n8<\/strong><\/td>\n21<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n.252<\/td>\n.755<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n22<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.06<\/strong><\/td>\n1.26<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The two cellar dwellers played out a 5-5 tie. Kershaw and Fukudome were the best Warfare players, while JD Drew and Joel Piniero were the top performers for the Gas.<\/div>\n
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SWAT lead the table, followed by my Isotopes. The ‘Cuse and Stuff will also be playing playoff fantasy baseball.<\/div>\n
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The Chasers and Angels currently occupy the final two playoff places, but there is still time for the Giants, Bats, and Bonestalkers to make a late run. The Typos, Whos and Bangers are outside shots at the moment.<\/div>\n
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The fixtures see SWAT take on my Isoptopes, while the Angels face the Whos and Bonestalkers take on the Chasers.<\/div>\n
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Four playoff places have now been clinched in the BaseballGB league. So while the other teams battle for 5th and 6th place and a shot at winning the overall title, the top four will be scrapping to see if they can finish in the top two and get a bye into the playoff semi-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[68,555,553],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy-baseball","tag-baseball-gb-fantasy-league","tag-fantasy-baseball","tag-mlb-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5784,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions\/5784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}